Year: 2001 Source: BMJ, v.323, no.7319, (October 27, 2001), p.953 SIEC No: 20011434

This brief article reviews the case of Diane Pretty, a 42-year-old woman with terminal motor neurone disease, who asked the British High Court to allow her the right to choose when to die & with her husband’s help. The court ruled public opinion in the United Kingdom was not yet ready to legalize assisted suicide.